Stone Crab (Menippe sp.)

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27°19' 59" N, 82°34' 46" W

What The Shell Is That? #2

2 September 2007
New Pass, Sarasota, Florida, U.S.A.
Stone crab (Menippe sp.)
Found crawling on a quahog shell..

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Xanthoidea
Family: Menippidae
Stone Crab (Menippe sp.)

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	greyaenigma says: Holy cow, that's a tiny crab. Maybe you should even post that to Cute Overload. Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )
	cephalopodcast says: But my seaweed slug is so much more adorable. Decisions, decisions... Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )
	greyaenigma says: That is also adorable. No reason you can't do both! Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )
	{Pamphile} says: Definitely Cute Overload material :D Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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Taken on September 2, 2007

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Stone Crab (Menippe sp.)

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